WEBVTT >> THIS IS THE INTERSECTION WHERE ANTWON ROSE WAS KILLED UNARMED AS HE FLED FROM OFFICER ROSFELD. THE DISTRICT ATTORNEY SAYS OFFICER ROSELD’S ACTIONS ARE SOMETHING THE ENTIRE DEPARTMENT MAY HAVE TO ANSWER TO. >> DOES THAT MAKE EAST PITTSBURGH RESPONSIBLE >> CRIMINALLY NO, BUT CIVIL, THEY HAVE A LOT OF ANSWRING TO DO >> THAT WAS MARCI CIPRIANI ASKING THE DISTRICT ATTORNEY ABOUT EAST PITTSBURGH’S REPSONSIBILITY. THE DISTRICT ATTORNEY CALLED THE DEPARTMENT OUT, SAYING NOT ONLY DO THEY NOT HAVE A POLICY IN PLACE FOR HOW TO HANDLE THE SITUATION THAT LEAD TO ROSE’S DEATH, BUT HE DOESN’T BELEIVE THEY HAVE ANY POLICIES AT ALL. AND THAT COULD MEAN CIVIL LAWSUITS. ZAPPALA SAID IN ALLEGHENY COUNTY THE CHIEF OF POLICE ASSOCIATION COMES OUT WITH POLICY MODELS BUT THEY CAN’T FORCE POLICE DEPARTMENTS TO FOLLOW THEM. IN P.A. ZAPPALA SAYS IN USE OF DEADLY FORCE THE PERSON HAS TO HAVE COMMITTED A FORCIBLE FELONY, BE IN POSSESSION OF A DEADLY WEAPON, AND BE IN A POSITION TO TAKE A HUMAN LIFE, AND HE SAYS THAT WAS NOT THE CASE WITH ANTWON ROS >> IN RESPONSE TO MAJOR CRIME INVESTIGATORS WHEN THEY GOT ON SCENE, THEY SAID HOW DO YOU HANDLE THESE SITUATIONS, WHAT’S YOUR POLICY? THEY SAID WE DON’T HAVE POLICIES. THAT’S A VERY DANGEROUS SITUATION. >> VERY TIGHTLIPPED ABOUT THIS TODAY. I TRIED TO REACH OUT TO THE POLICE CHIEF HERE BUT THEY HAVE NOT RETURNED PHONE CALLS. NO ONE WAS AT THEIR HOMES OR THEIR OFFICES. STATE REP JAKE WHEATLEY HAS BEEN WORKING ON LEGISLATION TO BRIDGE THESE GAPS. HE TOLD ME THIS IS WHY IT IS SO IMPORTANT TO HAVE POLICIES IN PLACE THAT ARE NOT DIFFERENT FROM DEPARTMENT TO DEPARTMENT.

The East Pittsburgh Police Department could face civil lawsuits for not having policies in place for its officers, according to Allegheny County District Attorney Stephen Zappala.

Zappala told reporters during a press conference Wednesday, investigators at the scene asked East Pittsburgh officers what their policy is to handle that sort of situation. "They said we don't have policies. That's a very dangerous situation."

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Pittsburgh's Action News 4 asked Zappala if that made East Pittsburgh responsible. "Criminally, no. But civilly, they have a lot of answering to do," he said.

In Allegheny County, The Chief of Police Association makes model policies, but they can't force individual departments to follow them.

Phone calls to East Pittsburgh's police chief, mayor, and solicitor went unanswered.